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Table 1 Power calculations for genetic study of 1,000 cases and 1,000 controls

From: Protocol for investigating genetic determinants of posttraumatic stress disorder in women from the Nurses' Health Study II

   

Power (alpha = 0.05/12)

Power (alpha = 0.05/360)

Risk allele freq.

GRR(het)

GRR(hom)

Lower bound (r2 = 0.8)

Upper bound (r2 = 1)

Lower bound (r2 = 0.8)

Upper bound (r2 = 1)

1% of variance in liability

0.010

2.65

4.86

0.87

0.95

0.58

0.75

0.025

1.95

3.25

0.87

0.94

0.57

0.74

0.050

1.65

2.49

0.86

0.94

0.55

0.72

0.100

1.45

2.02

0.84

0.93

0.53

0.70

0.250

1.31

1.67

0.83

0.92

0.50

0.67

0.500

1.27

1.59

0.81

0.91

0.47

0.65

0.750

1.34

1.75

0.79

0.89

0.45

0.62

0.900

1.56

2.33

0.76

0.87

0.40

0.57

2% of variance in liability

0.010

3.59

6.55

1.00

1.00

0.96

0.99

0.025

2.48

4.54

1.00

1.00

0.97

0.99

0.050

1.99

3.37

1.00

1.00

0.97

0.99

0.100

1.69

2.61

1.00

1.00

0.96

0.99

0.250

1.47

2.05

0.99

1.00

0.95

0.99

0.500

1.42

1.94

0.99

1.00

0.93

0.98

0.750

1.53

2.25

0.99

1.00

0.91

0.97

0.900

1.96

3.50

0.98

1.00

0.87

0.96